Bag-holder



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` finonnnt HAYMAN, ornUrnALo, Nnw Yoan.

i' BAG-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forminglpart of Letters Patent No. 292,648, dated January2b, 1884.

application nica september 4,1883. (No model.)

T0 LZZ whom it may concer/t: y y Be it known that I, MICHAEL HAYMAN, ofthe city of Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Bag-Holders, of which thefollowing is a speciiication.

rlhis inventionhas for its object to produce a bag-holder which isreadily adj usted to receive and hold bags of various sizes, and whichis simple in construction and 'easily operated.

My invention consists of the novel construction of the bag-holder whichwill be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed'out in the claims.

In theaccompanying drawings, consisting of two sheets, Figure 1represents a perspective view of my improved bag-holder. Fig. 2 isahorizontal section through the base of the bagholder. Fig. 3 is asectional elevation inline a" Fig. '2. Fig. et is a vertical sectioninline y y, Fig. 2. 1

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several iigures. fA represents the vertical movable standards of the bag-holder, providedat their upper ends with hooks a, to which the open end of the bag isattached. Each standard is preferably composed of a tubular lowerportion, c, and a rod, a2, which is inserted in the bore of -the lowerportion, and adjustably secured therein by a set-screw, b.` The rod a2projects upwardly beyond the tubular portion a', and isbent voverhorizontally, and provided at its end with a socket, c,in whichY theshank (Z of the hook c is adj ustably secured by a set-screw, d. Byraising and lowering the rod a2 in the tubular portion a of thestandard, and by raising and lowering the shank d of the hook a in thesocket c, the position of the hook c can be readily adjusted as may berequired.

ff and gg are horizontal rack-bars, to which the lower ends of thestandards A are secured.

H represents the base of the apparatus, composed ofa bottom plate, 7L, atop plate, h', and side walls, h", forming together a case in which theparts are arranged, whereby the lower ends of the standards A areconnected. The rack'- bars f f are arranged parallel with each other onthe bottom plate, h, o n opposite sides of a horizontal pinion, I, withwhich both rack-bars ff mesh, the teeth being formed on theinner sidesof thc rack-bars. The pinion I is arranged centrally inthe base H, andjournaled inthe bottom and top plates, h h', as represented in Fig. 3.The rack-bars f f are guided by blocks J J secured to the bottom plate,h, and bearing against the outer straight sides or backs of therack-barsf f as clearlyrepresented in Fig. 2. The rack-bars g g are arrangedparallel with each other, at right angles to the rack-bars ff', andabove the latter and the blocks J J as shown in Fig. 2. The rack-bars gg are arranged on opposite sides of the central pinion, I, and mesh withthe latter. They rest upon the blocks J J and are guided by bars K K,which are secured to the blocks J J', and bear against the straightouter sides or backs of the rack-bars g g. The standards A arc removablysecured by screw-threads or otherwise to blocks L, which are formed onthe outer ends of the rack-bars f f g g, and guided in slots Z, formedin the top'plate, h', of the base at right angles to each other.' Thestandards A vcan be detached from the blocks L for packing or shippingthe machine.v

If desired, the slots Z may be covered by plates or shields, secured tothe lower portions of the standards A, for preventing substances fromfalling through the slots and interfering with the operation of themechanism contained in the base H. rIhe rack-'bars and pinion connectthe several standards A in such manner that when one of the standards ismoved back or forth. in the slot Z this movement of the standard istransmitted to all the other standards simultaneously, so'that allstandards are moved inwardly or outwardly at the same time and to thesame distance. Upon attaching the open end of the bag to the hooks a,when the standards are near the inner ends of Athe slots Z, and movingthe standards outwardly, the open end of the bag is distended in a verysimple and expeditious manner. in this position by the hooks andstandards while being filled. f

In order to prevent the accidental displacement of the standards, one ofthem may be provided with a locking device, M, whereby it can be securedin any desired position to the base H. As represented in Fig. l, thislocking device may consist of an eccentric pivoted to the side of thestandard, near its lower end, above the top plate, 71., so that byturning the eccentric away from the top plate the stand- The bag isheld' IOO ards can be freely moved, while by turning the eccentric so asto impinge against thetop plate the standards are secured in position.

I claim as my inventionl. In a bag-holder, the combination of uprightsand standards adapted to support the bag, sliding supports to which saidstandards are attached, a base-frame, and mechanism whereby the slidingsupports are connected and caused to move simultaneously toward or fromeach other, substantially as described.

2, The combination, with the standards A, of the rack-bars ff and r/ g,and a central pinion, I, meshing` with said raek'bars, sub stantially asset forth.

3. The combination, with the standards A, of the rack-barsff and f/ y',guides .T J and K K', and a central pinion, l', meshingr with saidraekbars, substantially as soi' forth.

4. rIhe combination, with the standards A, 2o of the rack-bars j" f andg g', guides J J and K K, base H, provided with slots 7, and a eentralpinion, I, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, with the base I-I and standards A, of mechanismwhereby the lower 2 5 ends of the standards are connected to movesimultaneously toward or f romeach other, and a locking device, M,whereby the standards can be secured in position on the base H,substantially as set forth.

'itness my hand this 22d day oi' August, 1983.

)l {(HAICL ITYMAN.

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